Nazareth Academy's Olivia Austin voted SBLive’s Illinois High School Athlete of the Week (3/4/2024)

Olivia Austin reached the 1,000-point mark in playoff victory

Nate Latsch, SBLive Sports | Mar 4, 2024

Congratulations to Nazareth girls basketball player Olivia Austin, who was voted SBLive's Illinois High School Athlete of the Week for February 19-25.

Austin, a senior headed to Dartmouth, reached the 1,000-point career milestone in a 44-40 Class 4A sectional semifinal win over Lyons.

Glenbard West wrestler Alicia Perez finished second in the voting.

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PREVIOUS WINNERS: Stagg's Arianna Araujo (Feb. 12-18), Homewood-Flossmoor's Carson Brownfield (Feb. 5-11), Lincoln's Kloe Froebe (Jan. 29-Feb. 4), Nazareth's Olivia Austin (Jan. 22-28), Johnsburg's JT Schmitt (Jan. 15-21), Montini girls basketball player Nikki Kerstein (Jan. 8-14), Thornton's Meyoh Swansey (Jan. 1-7), Mount Carmel's Angelo Ciaravino (Dec. 25-31), Glenbrook North's Anestis Hadjistamoulou (Dec. 11-17), Morrison's Camryn Veltrop (Dec. 4-10), Homewood-Flossmoor's Jaeda Murphy (Nov. 27-Dec 3), Bloom's Elijah Lovemore (Nov. 20-26), Joliet Catholic's Andres Munoz (Nov. 13-19), Wilmington's Reid Juster (Nov. 6-12), Blue Island Eisenhower's AJ Abrams (Oct. 30-Nov. 5), Althoff's Antwan Strong (Oct. 23-29), Breese Central's Griffen Becker (Oct. 16-22), Mater Dei's Markus Kehrer (Oct. 9-15), Hersey's Thomas Mulder (Oct. 2-8), Dixon's Katie Drew (Sept. 25-Oct. 1), Barrington's Scout Storms (Sept. 18-24), Neuqua Valley's Andrew Hoffman (Sept. 11-17), Naperville North's Cole Arl (August 28-Sept. 3), Joliet Catholic's Patrick Durbin (August 28-Sept. 3), Waubonsie Valley's Tyler Threat (August 21-27).

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Published Mar 4, 2024

NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.